U.S. Navy in World War II | World War Photos

U.S. Navy

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: Salvage crews work to raise the minelayer USS Oglala which was sunk during Japanese attack on Peral Harbor 1942

: Motor torpedo boat of the Higgins 78 class USS PT-219 at naval air station in Kodiak Alaska 1943

: USS Antietam CV-36 aircraft carrier

: Escort Carrier USS Nassau CVE-16 during Invasion of Attu 1943

: Escort carrier USS Lunga Point CVE-94 planes on deck

: USS St. Louis CL-49 being hit by Japanese kamikaze Plane off of LEYTE Island

: aircraft carrier USS Bennington CV-20

: Near Miss as Japanese Bomb Explodes by US Carrier off Formosa 1944

: US Navy Ships Fire on Japanese Planes in Battle of Midway

: Japanese salvo hits near US Carrier Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944

: Task Force 58 Carrier Crew Cheers as Japanese Plane Goes Down pacific

: Escort carrier USS Guadalcanal CVE-60 and U-boat U-505 June 1944

: USS White Plains CVE-66 Under Attack during Battle of Leyte Gulf

: USS Denver CL-58 in dazzle camouflage measure 33/3D

: Photo of Exploding Japanese Shell Off Port Quarter of carrier USS Kitkun Bay CVE-71

: Kamikaze explode in mid air over carrier USS Bennington CV-20

: US Navy Pilot buried at sea inside battered TBF 2nd Battle of Philippines

: Explosion on USS Essex CV-9 after Hellcat Drop Tank Burst on Landing 1944

: USS Rudyerd Bay CVE-81 carrier planes on deck

: heavy cruiser USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 stern 1939

: Destroyer USS Halsey Powell DD-686 After Kamikaze Attack Off Kyushu 1945

: Smoke Billows from Carrier USS Suwannee CVE-27 after kamikaze attack off Leyte 25 October1944

: USS St. Lo CVE-63 Hit by Kamikaze in Second Battle of Philippine Sea, 25 October 1944

: Cruiser USS Atlanta CL-51 during Trial Run off Atlantic Coast 1941

: Japanese Attack USS Barton DD-722 at Mindoro 1944

: light cruiser USS Topeka CL-67

: Escort carrier USS Makin Island CVE-93

: USS Reno CL-96 light cruiser

: USS Boxer CV-21 carrier deck filled with airplanes

: U S Navy Escort Carriers Move Thru Pacific on Mission 1945

: last respect to shipmates USS Lexington CV-16 aircraft carrier

: USS Long Island CVE-1 Aircraft Carrier

: Escort aircraft carrier USS Casablanca CVE-55 planes on deck

: USS Hazelwood DD-531 limps home after Kamikaze Hits off Okinawa 1945

: Suicide attack on USS White Plains CVE-66, 25 October 1944

: Light cruiser USS Astoria CL-90

: Escort carrier USS Croatan CVE-25

: Escort carrier USS Shamrock Bay CVE-84 planes on deck

: Sailor Hauls Bombs for US Navy Raid on Marshall and Gilbert Islands 1942

: USS Essex CV-9

: Escort carrier USS Manila Bay CVE-61

: Blazing US Navy Aircraft Aboard Carrier 2nd Battle of The Philippines

: Escort carrier USS Shipley Bay CVE-85

: Cobweb Camouflage on USS MINNEAPOLIS CA-36 in Tulagi Harbor 1944

: USS MENGES DE-320 after Hit by German Torpedo from U-371

: Photo of attack on US Navy Aircraft Carrier Battle of the Philippine Sea

: US Navy 3rd Fleet Attacking Japanese Convoy off Mindanao

: USS Bogue CVE-9 escort carrier

: Essex class aircraft carrier USS Randolph CV-15

: Japanese Kamikaze attempt on USS White Plains CVE-66

: Escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea CVE-95 unloading airplanes

: US Navy Carrier Downs Japanese Torpedo Plane in Marshalls 1944

: Destroyer USS Halsey Powell DD-686 Hit By Japanese Kamikaze Plane Off Kyushu

: light cruiser USS Montpelier CL-57

: A near hit on carrier USS Kalinin Bay CVE-68

: USS Cabot CVL-28

: USS Boxer CV-21

: Escort carrier USS Wake Island CVE-65

: Escort carrier USS Kalinin Bay CVE-68 planes on deck

: Essex Class Aircraft Carrier USS Antietam CV-36 1945

: Light aircraft carrier USS Cowpens CVL-25

: Escort Carrier USS Casablanca CVE-55 1943

: Carrier USS Cape Gloucester CVE-109 stern

: Planes over Flight Deck of US Navy Escort Aircraft Carrier 1943

: Carrier USS St. Lo (CVE–63) in San Diego, California, in April 1944

: Cruiser USS Nashville CL-43 Arrives at Cherbourg France 1938

: USS Greer DD-145 Drops Depth Charge in North Atlantic

: Escort carrier USS Savo Island CVE-78

: escort carrier USS Chenango CVE-28

: Northampton class heavy cruiser USS Augusta CA-31 bow

: Light aircraft carrier USS Cabot CVL-28 1945

: Cleveland class light cruiser USS Houston CL-81

: Japanese Kamikaze diving on US Navy Aircraft Carrier

: USS Juneau CL-52 Fires on Japanese aircraft in Battle of Santa Cruz October 1942

: Destroyer USS Coghlan DD-606 starboard view

: Minesweeper USS Lindsey DM-32 hit by 2 suicide planes off Okinawa April 1945

: Cruiser USS Alaska CB-1 in camouflage aerial view

: Light cruiser USS Sante-Fe CL-60

: Troops plotting in radar room aboard an Essex class aircraft carrier 1944

: USS Northampton CA-26 Under Attack by Japanese Planes at Wake 1942

: Cruiser USS Minneapolis CA-36 in Tulagi Harbor 1944

: USS Guavina SS-362 carrying the rescued flyers of the 394th Bomb Squadron 5th Bomb Group

: US Navy Large Floating Dry Dock, Navy Auxiliary ship

: Cruiser USS Dayton CL-105 starboard view

: Destroyer USS Hobson DD-464 in camouflage

: USS PC-611 Patrol Craft

: Cruiser USS Guam CB-2 in camouflage

: Cruiser USS St. Louis CL-49 bow view

: Destroyer USS Menges DE-320 after Hit by German Torpedo from U 371 May 1944

: USS LCI(L)-586 Landing Craft Infantry

: Destroyer USS Morris DD-417 hit by suicide plane off Kerama Retto April 1945

: USS William D Porter DD-579 sinking by suicide Plane off Okinawa 10 June 1945

: Cruiser USS Pittsburgh CA-72 after the typhoon, with her bow section missing. June 1945

: Destroyer USS Haraden DD-585 Hit By Japanese Kamikaze in Sulu Sea December 1944

: USS Haraden DD-585 Hit By Japanese Kamikaze in Sulu Sea 13 December 1944

: Cruiser USS Honolulu CL-48 with MS32-2C camouflage 1944

: Destroyer USS Newcomb DD-586 hit by four Japanese suicide planes March 1945

: Destroyer USS Selfridge DD-357 lost bow to bridge in Battle of Vella Lavella October 1943

: Destroyer USS Hutchins DD-476 Damaged by Kamikaze 27 April 1945

: Destroyer USS Madison DD-425 starboard view

: Cruiser USS Brooklyn CL-40 starboard view

: Destroyer USS Murphy DD-603 in camouflage

: Aircraft Carrier USS Shangri-La CV-38 Ready for Launch, February 1944, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia.

: Launch of heavy cruiser USS Baltimore CA-68 at Bethlehem Steel, 28 July 1942

: Launch of US Aircraft Carrier USS Shangri-La CV-38, 24 February 1944. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia.

: Gun Crew in Action aboard USS Nashville CL-43 off Kolombangara 1944

: Crew in Action on Carrier Signal Bridge During Pacific Battle

: Light cruiser USS Nashville CL-43 stern view

: Battleship USS Indiana BB-58 Enroute To Marshalls January 1944 aerial view

: General MacArthur aboard USS Nashville CL-43 for Philippine Invasion

: Starboard view of Battleship USS Massachusetts

: Battleship USS Indiana BB-58 in camouflage August 1942

: Light cruiser USS Nashville CL-43 in Measure 32/21D off Negros Before Kamakize Hit

: Destroyer USS Downes DD-375

: Task Group 21.14 Sub Hunter Destroyer USS Borie DD-215

: Mine layer USS Aaron Ward DM*34 hit by 6 suicide planes April 1945

: USS Aaron Ward DD-483 in New York Harbor 1942

: Destroyer escort USS Brennan DE-13 guarding convoy 1943

: USS Borie DD-215 sinking after Battle with German U-boat U-405 2 November 1943

: Destroyer USS Phelps DD-360

: Evarts class destroyer escort USS Andres DE-45 1943

: Destroyer USS Haraden DD-585 after Kamikaze Attack in Sulu Sea 13 December 1944

: Launch at the Bethlehem Steel Destroyer USS Kendrick DD-612 2 April 1942

: destroyer USS Knight DD-633 refueling at aircraft carrier

: Destroyer USS O’Bannon DD-450 bow 1943

: Sims class destroyer USS Morris DD-417

: USS Borie DD-704 Destroyer

: Cruiser USS Honolulu CL-48 lost bow in battle of Kolombangara 1943

: USS Birmingham ripped by Kamikaze Okinawa May 1945

: Light cruiser USS Duluth CL-87 in camouflage

: Sailors Clean Guns on US Navy Cruiser after Battle of Santa Cruz 1942

: light cruisers USS Columbia CL-56 in camouflage, broadside view

: heavy cruiser USS Wichita CA-45

: Light cruiser USS Duluth CL-87 in camouflage, broadside view

: Light Cruiser USS Boise CL-47, broadside view

: USS Birmingham CL-62 US Navy Light Cruiser

: Heavy cruiser USS Boston CA-69, broadside view

: USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 US Navy Heavy Cruiser

: Heavy Cruiser USS Salt Lake City CA-25, broadside view

: Sinking of Cruiser USS Chicago CA-29 in Battle of Rennell Island 30 January 1943

: Cruiser USS Houston viewed Across Planes on Deck of USS Lexington 1939

: SBD Dauntless Bombers Ditching by USS Astoria CA-34 in Battle of Midway 1942

: USS Honolulu CL-48 US Navy Light Cruiser

: US Navy Task Force 18 Cruisers Headed to Guadalcanal USS Chicago January 1943

: Cruiser USS Columbia CL-56 delivers night attack on Buka Airfield

: USS Honolulu CL-48 Gets Temporary Bow after Battle of Kolombangara 1943

: Heavy cruiser USS Chicago (CA-136) in camouflage 1945

: Cruiser USS Birmingham CL-62 damaged by exploding USS Princeton Okinawa October 1944

: Cruiser USS Salt Lake City CA-25 Fires Guns during Bombardment, Pacific 1942

: USS Flint (CL-97) US Navy Light Cruiser in camouflage, aerial view

: USS Mobile (CL-63) US Navy Light Cruiser

: light cruiser USS San Diego (CL-53), aerial view

: Japanese Plane Downed near USS Columbia off Bougainville 1943

: USS Atlanta (CL-51) Light Cruiser

: Heavy cruiser USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 1939

: USS Houston (CA-30) US Navy Heavy Cruiser, broadside view

: USS Honolulu CL-48 Bombarding Buka Pass in the Solomons 1944

: US Navy light cruiser USS San Diego (CL-53)

: US Navy Escort Carriers and Cruiser at Forward Pacific Base 1945

: Cruiser USS San Juan CL-54, broadside view

: Cruiser USS Atlanta (CL 51)

: American Heavy Cruiser USS Chester (CA-27) 1944

: Omaha class light cruiser USS Detroit CL-8 1944

: Cruiser USS Savannah (CL-42) Hit by radio controlled Fritz-X glide bomb off Salerno Italy 11 September 1943

: Heavy Cruiser USS Chester CA-27

: Cleveland class Light Cruiser USS Denver CL-58 In Camouflage 1945

: Cruiser USS Savannah (CL-42) Hit by Bomb off Salerno Italy 11 September 1943 2

: Burning Tank Landing Ship USS LST-614 Hit by Japanese Bombers off Mindoro 1945

: Battleship Row Japanese bomb photo Pearl Harbor attack phase I

: Wreckage of Destroyer USS Downes (DD-375) After Pearl Harbor Attack

: USS Shaw sunk in dry dock, Pearl Harbor attack

: Light Cruiser USS Phoenix (CL-46) passes burning USS Arizona Pearl Harbor

: Capsized battleship USS Utah BB-31 after Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor 1942

: USS Helena Hit by torpedoes Pearl Harbor attack 7 December 1941

: Battleship Row Japanese bombing photo of Pearl Harbor attack

: Aircraft carrier USS Liscome Bay CVE-56 aerial view

: Exploding Destroyer USS Shaw during Pearl Harbor Attack 7 December 1941

US Navy in World War II
US Navy grew rapidly during World War 2 from 1941–1945, and played the central role in the war against Japan, and (after Royal Navy) a major role in the European war against Germany and Italy.

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: USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
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: USS Colorado (BB-45)
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: USS Enterprise (CV-6)
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: USS Hancock (CV-19)
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: USS Hornet (CV-12)
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: USS Idaho (BB-42)
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: USS Independence (CVL-22)
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: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
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: USS Intrepid (CV-11)
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: USS Iowa (BB-61)
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: USS Langley (CV-1)
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: USS Langley (CVL-27)
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: USS Lexington (CV-2)
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: USS Maryland (BB-46)
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: USS Mississippi (BB-41)
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: USS Missouri (BB-63)
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: USS Nevada (BB-36)
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: USS New Jersey (BB-62)
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: USS New Mexico (BB-40)
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: USS North Carolina (BB-55)
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: USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
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: USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
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: USS Ranger (CV-4)
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: USS San Francisco (CA-38)
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: USS Sangamon (CVE-26)
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: USS Santee (CVE-29)
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: USS Saratoga (CV-3)
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: USS South Dakota (BB-57)
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: USS Tennessee (BB-43)
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: USS Texas (BB-35)
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: USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)
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: USS Washington (BB-56)
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: USS Wasp (CV-18)
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: USS Wasp (CV-7)
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: USS West Virginia (BB-48)
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: USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
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: USS Wyoming (BB-32)
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: USS Yorktown (CV-10)
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: USS Yorktown (CV-5)
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